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Ushaw College (St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw) is a Roman Catholic seminary, founded at Douai in France in 1568, which moved to Ushaw Moor, four miles west of Durham in the United Kingdom in 1808 and became a Licensed Hall of the University of Durham in 1968. It is independent of the University but offers courses validated by the University. Both Church and lay students study at the college.
Some of the college's buildings are no longer used, but some have been converted into an extremely successful conference centre. The main college buildings are grade II listed, however the College Chapel is grade II* and the Chapel of St Michael is grade I. The College Chapel and Refectory were designed and built by Pugin. The original college buildings (1804-1808) were designed by James Taylor.

Heraldry

The College Armorial Bearings are "Per pale dexter Argent a Cross Gules on a Canton Azure a Cross of St Cuthbert proper sinister impaling Allen Argent three Rabbits couchant in pale Sable."
Various emblems on shield represent the college's history and foundation, for example:-

Three coneys are from the family crest of William Allen.
The small cross of St. Cuthbert represents the College's patron saint (it is modelled on St. Cuthbert's own pectoral cross, which is kept in the Treasury at Durham Cathedral).
The large cross of St. George honours the English Catholic Martyrs.

Alumni

Cardinal Wiseman - First Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster

Francis Cardinal Bourne - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster

Rafael Merry del Val - Cardinal Secretary of State

Charles Napier Hemy -Artist & Royal Academician

Francis Thompson - English poet

Father John Lingard - Author of The History Of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII

Joseph Gillow - Author of Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics

William Shee - First Roman Catholic to sit as a judge in England and Wales since the ReformationFurther Information

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